Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Tallant v. Stedman 176 Mass. 460 1900 1 Massachusetts
Broadway National Bank v. Adams 133 Mass. 170 1882 1 Massachusetts
Mason v. Pomeroy 151 Mass. 164 1890 1 Massachusetts
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Edwards 82 Mass. 91 1860 1 Massachusetts
Prescott v. Heard 10 Mass. 60 1813 1 Massachusetts
First Congregational Church v. Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance 158 Mass. 475 1893 1 Massachusetts
Drake v. Rice 130 Mass. 410 1881 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
Davis v. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum 195 Mass. 402 1907 1 Massachusetts
Bell v. Nesmith 217 Mass. 254 1914 1 Massachusetts
Hurley v. Commonwealth 188 Mass. 443 1905 1 Massachusetts
Merrill v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 103 Mass. 245 1869 1 Massachusetts
Ross v. Ross 129 Mass. 243 1880 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Donoghue 4 Mass. App. Ct. 752 1976 1 Massachusetts
Wheaton v. Wilmarth 54 Mass. 422 1847 1 Massachusetts
Page v. Page 189 Mass. 85 1905 1 Massachusetts
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Rosa v. Rosa 296 Mass. 271 1936 1 Massachusetts